Some things go without saying, no matter how hard they may be to believe. For instance, it is a given that each Steven Segal film will be worse than the one before. “How can this be possible?” you might well ask, since it seems inconceivable that the one you saw last could possibly be followed by anything more ridiculous than that. Then you get something like Mercenary Absolution and then you know that there is some kind of reverse genius at work. There should be an award of some kind for this unique ability.

You also know that the Kardashians will come out with some bottom feeder celebrity stunt and insist that it has nothing to do with celebrity seeking and this will be followed by a small smattering of positive reactions from a handful of those who will also be profiting from the effort and it will be declared as a nationwide outpouring of support; when it amounts to about five comments. Hoorah!!!